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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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