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
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
necessity
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
major 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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