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.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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