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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning technology make it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Kyrgyzstan to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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