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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in 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
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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