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.
Find out more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can we
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
developing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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