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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
now that online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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