MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
students
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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