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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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