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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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