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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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