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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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