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 the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
reviews
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can institutions
make sure that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open education
experiments.
Instructors want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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