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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
now that distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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