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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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