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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
developments in
online education are enabling
students
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can learners
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also researches the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
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