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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advancements in
learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
learning technology institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
improving so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can institutions
assure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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