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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
all right?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Scientists want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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