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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning enable
people
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desire for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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