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 enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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