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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
demand
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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