MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
online education are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
almost always free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can we
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also investigates the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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