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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
describes
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
e-learning technology are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses online.
These MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Teachers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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