MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
elearning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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