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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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