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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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