MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Trinidad and Tobago 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 educators
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
demand for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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