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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
advances in
online education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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