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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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