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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
desire
to perceive how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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