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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
distance learning technology are empowering
students
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
learning technology organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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