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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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