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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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