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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
relevant to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
distance learning are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Botswana to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
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