MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
electronic educational technology have empowered
learners
in nations all aver the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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