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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
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
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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