MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advances in
digital education technology enable
students
all around the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online education institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Barbados to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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