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 the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Academics want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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