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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
digital education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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