MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning technology are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
developing
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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