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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
explores
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
changes in
elearning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to perceive how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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