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 the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
gains in
online education technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
Massive open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to perceive how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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