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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Open2Study to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
need
to be aware of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to gain an understanding of how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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