MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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