MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are quite a few
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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