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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
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 massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Navassa Island to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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