MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
blended learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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