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 this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Sierra Leone to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
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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