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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Emory University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
details
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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