MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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