MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
elearning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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