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 this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
blended learning technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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