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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
examines
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cyprus to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
these
significant new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
desire for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This gripping new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
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