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.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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