MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
reviews
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology have provided the means for
students
all around the world
to take classes online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Researchers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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