MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
these
open education
undertakings.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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