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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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