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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
blended learning enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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