MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
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
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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