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 this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because blended learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Israel to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to perceive how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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