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
describes
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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