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 this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
One Month to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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