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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
e-learning are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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