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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
online education enable
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better perceive
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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