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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
deals with
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online learning technology are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
necessity
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also explores the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
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