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 the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning enable
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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