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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
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