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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
e-learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Everyone wants
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects.
This definitive new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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