MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
learning technology are providing the means for
learners
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
initiatives.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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