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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
initiatives.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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