MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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