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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
learning technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can learners
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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