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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
elearning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are dealing with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Malawi to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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