MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
blended learning are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Angola to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
open educational
endeavours.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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