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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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