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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
United States to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
new open educational
experiments.
Students want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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