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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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