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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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