MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOC classes?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Lecturers want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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