MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
elearning have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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