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
analyzes
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
normally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
open education
undertakings.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
details
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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