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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
need for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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