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 is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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