MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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