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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
distance learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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