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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning have enabled
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better perceive
these
new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
increasing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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