MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
evolvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
have to consider
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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