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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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