MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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