MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology institutions
are considering
more than ever because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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