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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes online.
MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that blended learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
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