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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses 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.
MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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