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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the education provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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