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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
e-learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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