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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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