MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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