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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
examines
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
certify that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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