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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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