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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
blended learning have made it possible for
learners
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
these
new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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