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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
blended learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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