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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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