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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOC courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Zambia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
demand
to grasp how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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