MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
France to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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