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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
studies
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
online learning technology enable
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
blended learning institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
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