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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
developments in
online learning enable
students
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
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.
These online MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Duke University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
initiatives.
Teachers want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects.
This sensational new book
also considers the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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