MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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