MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
blended learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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