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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
articulates
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
endeavours.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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