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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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