MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
these
exciting new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
need for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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