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.
Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
talks about
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
distance learning technology have empowered
people
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
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 online MOOC courses are
free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
certify that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
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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