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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning technology organizations
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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