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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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