MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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