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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
electronic educational technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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