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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
blended learning are providing the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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