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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advancements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This gripping new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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