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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
elearning technology have enabled
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
learning technology institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
MOOCs are a form of distance education.
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
ventures.
Corporations want
to know how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
need for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also deals with the
major 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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