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 this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
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