MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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