MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
humans
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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