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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to consider
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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