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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
electronic educational technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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