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 is a
book
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This thrilling new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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