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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
articulates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
developments in
blended learning enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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