MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Chad to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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