MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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