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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC classes are
normally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This inspiring new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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