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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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