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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have empowered
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Lecturers want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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