MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to attend to
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also investigates the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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