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 this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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