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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
online education technology are empowering
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
participants
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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