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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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