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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
digital education technology enable
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to grasp how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational topics.
This stimulating new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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