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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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