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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can students
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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