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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning are empowering
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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