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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education enable
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To meet this
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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