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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
improvements in
e-learning technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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