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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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