MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning have enabled
learners
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Instructors want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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