MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning are enabling
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
must deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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