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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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