MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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