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.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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