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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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