MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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