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.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
details
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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