MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
developments in
blended learning have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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