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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
elearning have empowered
people
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
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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