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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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