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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Armenia to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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