MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
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 MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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