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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
blended learning make it possible for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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