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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to consider
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources.
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