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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
desire for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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