MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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