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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
online learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
experiments.
People want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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