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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
How can teachers
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
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