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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology enable
learners
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
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