MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to consider
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Laos to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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