MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOCs?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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