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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
today because learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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