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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
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.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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