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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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