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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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