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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
changes in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
MOOC classes are
typically free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to consider
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
manage
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
demand
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
open educational
undertakings.
Universities want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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