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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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