MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
deals with
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
changes in
online education technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are having to deal with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ireland to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
desire for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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