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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
e-learning technology are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can we
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
People want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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