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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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