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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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