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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
online learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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