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.
Find out more about this exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a variety of
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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