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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning have provided the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
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 courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
manage issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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