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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
advancements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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