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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
need for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
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