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 Around the World is a
book
which
explores
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
learning technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Canada to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Public servants want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
growing
desire for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This amazing new book
also reviews the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources.
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