MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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