MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
changes in
online education have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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