MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Trainers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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