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 the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology enable
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can students
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can educators
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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