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.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
regarding open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
elearning have empowered
people
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
expanding
need for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education topics.
This thrilling new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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