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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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