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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
blended learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These massively open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Niger to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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