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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
distance learning have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
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