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 the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advances in
learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
now that learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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