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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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