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 this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
reviews
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
desire for
facts
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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