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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
distance learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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