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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
developments in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can learners
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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