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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
electronic educational technology enable
students
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
participants
need
to understand
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
increasing
desire for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This exciting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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