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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
now that online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
People want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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