MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
blended learning have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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