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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
e-learning have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
elearning institutions
are struggling with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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