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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
topics
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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