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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
evolvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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