MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to consider
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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