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.
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MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
studies
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to perceive how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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