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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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