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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
distance learning technology are enabling
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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