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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
learning technology make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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