MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education technology are making it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses 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.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
need
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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