MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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