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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
electronic education technology are empowering
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Academics want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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