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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
elearning have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to consider
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can participants
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource topics.
This sensational new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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