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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
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