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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
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.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
need for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This amazing new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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