MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 is a
book
that
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Argentina to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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