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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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