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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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