MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
blended learning enable
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Iceland to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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