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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning enable
people
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Panama to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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