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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This amazing new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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