MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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