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 the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
blended learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
must deal with
today because learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United Arab Emirates to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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