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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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