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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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