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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are dealing with
today because blended learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Spain to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
desideratum for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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