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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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