MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
evolvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
all around the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desire for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This definitive new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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