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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are considering
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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