MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
major 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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