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.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
blended learning are enabling
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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