MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
iversity to conduct these MOOC classes?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
People want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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