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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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