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.
Learn more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These online MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Thailand to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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