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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
evolvements in
electronic education technology have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants 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 massively open online courses are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to grasp how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also talks about the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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