MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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