MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
MOOC classes are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Burkina Faso to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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