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 this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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