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
that
discusses
issues
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
online learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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