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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
blended learning technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
participants
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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