MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to be participants 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 massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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