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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have empowered
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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