MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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