MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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