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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Hungary to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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