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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
e-learning are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
United States to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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