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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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