MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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