MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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