MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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