MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
blended learning are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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