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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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