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
book
that
researches
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
improvements in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in online classes.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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