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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
online education have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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