MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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