MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peter I Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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