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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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