MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to consider
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Tunisia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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