MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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