MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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