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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology are enabling
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
customarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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