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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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