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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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