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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Meetup to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Scholars want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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