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
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
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.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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