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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
researches
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education are enabling
humans
in nations all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desire
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain an understanding of how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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