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 the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
blended learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because blended learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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