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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
online education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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