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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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