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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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