MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning make it possible for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
now that distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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