MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 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
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massive open online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
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