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 cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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