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 this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to comprehend how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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