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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
e-learning are making it possible for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
information
the 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
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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