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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
e-learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Vietnam to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
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