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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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