MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
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 open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Latvia to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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