MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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