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.
Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
evolvements in
distance learning technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These massive open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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