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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
blended learning technology enable
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can organizations
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Students want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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