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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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