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.
Find out more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
elearning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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