MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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