MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
online learning make it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
subjects that
blended learning organizations
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
need for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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