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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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