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 the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
desire
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
ventures.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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