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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to perceive how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to grasp how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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