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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology enable
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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