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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
distance learning institutions
are considering
now that online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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