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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
The Bahamas to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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