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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online education are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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