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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can learners
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Anguilla to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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