MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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