MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online education technology are enabling
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world.
As online education becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
new open education
endeavours.
Researchers want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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