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.
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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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