MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online learning technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education topics.
This sensational new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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