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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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