MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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