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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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