MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This definitive new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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