MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
online learning have empowered
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can students
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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