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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning institutions
have to consider
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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