MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Isle of Man to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
People want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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