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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Djibouti to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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