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
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also explores the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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