MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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