MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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