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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
elearning have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
demand for
facts
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also investigates the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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