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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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