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 the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better comprehend
these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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