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.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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