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.
Find out more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Australia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Universities
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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