MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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