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 impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
technology-enhanced learning enable
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to perceive how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources.
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