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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
elearning make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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