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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
issues
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
elearning are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in classes online.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udemy to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and many other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
significant new open education
initiatives.
Everyone wants
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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