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.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
now that online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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