MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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