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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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