MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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