MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
explores
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
distance learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all aver the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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