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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
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 issues.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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