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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
e-learning are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist.
This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
today because distance learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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