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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
online education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
now that elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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