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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
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