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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning technology enable
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also describes the
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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