MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
blended learning organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
necessity
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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