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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
e-learning technology have empowered
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Twitter to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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