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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online learning are empowering
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
open educational
ventures.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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