MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
blended learning have enabled
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
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 massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lebanon to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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