MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Germany to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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