MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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