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 the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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