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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online learning technology have enabled
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning technology institutions
are having to consider
today because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
these
important new open education
ventures.
Everyone wants
to know how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desire for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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