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.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
McHenry County College to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
facts
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also studies the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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