MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
learning technology make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
knowledge
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also articulates the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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