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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
e-learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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