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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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