MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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