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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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