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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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