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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better grasp
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Intellectuals want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
increasing
need for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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