MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open educational
endeavours.
Instructors want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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