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.
Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
elearning technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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