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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
online education technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
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 classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can learners
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Baker Island to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also researches the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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