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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology are empowering
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
blended learning organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because distance learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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