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 the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
describes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
online education technology enable
humans
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
undertakings.
Public servants want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
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