MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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