MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
changes in
online education technology have empowered
students
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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