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.
Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
e-learning technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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