MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
improvements in
electronic educational technology have made it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
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