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.
Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology enable
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can institutions
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Students want
to comprehend how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
increasing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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