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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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