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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
elearning have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate 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
free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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