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.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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