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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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