MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
developments in
digital education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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