MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
developments in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for learners 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 a variety of
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
endeavours.
Instructors want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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