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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
developments in
electronic educational technology are providing the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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