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 this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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