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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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