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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
articulates
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
learning technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are struggling with
more than ever because online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education issues.
This book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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