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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
distance learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
endeavours.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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