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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
available there is a
developing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
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