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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
developments in
elearning are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
more than ever because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
abundant there is a
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
experiments.
People want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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