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 this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
technology-enhanced learning have empowered
humans
in nations all aver the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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