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 this illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
improvements in
e-learning technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These massive open courses are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
initiatives.
Universities want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
crescive
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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