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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
developments in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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