MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
students
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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