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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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