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 breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning technology are enabling
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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