MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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