MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
changes in
online learning technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can participants
make sure that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
desideratum for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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