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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
studies
topics
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive online courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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