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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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