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 the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
typically free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
procurable there is a
expanding
demand
to understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
these
promising new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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