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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
e-learning technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
These MOOCs are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so quickly.
How can participants
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources.
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