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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
facts
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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