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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
endeavours.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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