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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
online learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning institutions
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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