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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning have made it possible for
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.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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