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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOCs are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
initiatives.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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