MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
evolvements in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all aver the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to consider
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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