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
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Swaziland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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