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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
digital education technology have enabled
learners
all over the world
to participate in classes via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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