MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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