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 the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
blended learning technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
important new open education
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
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