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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
blended learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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