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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Professors want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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