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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Scientists want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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