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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
researches
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
blended learning are providing the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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