MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
investigates
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
online learning have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Kuwait to conduct these massive open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desire for
details
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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