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.
Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC classes are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can participants
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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