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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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