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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
learning technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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