MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Lithuania to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better grasp
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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