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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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