MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning have enabled
learners
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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