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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
changes in
digital education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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