MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
students
all over the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
ventures.
Students want
to perceive how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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