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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
online education are making it possible for
learners
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
People want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education topics.
This dramatic new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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