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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
blended learning technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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