MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
certify that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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