MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning have empowered
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also considers the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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