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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to deal with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
new open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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