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 this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Instructors want
to perceive how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
increasing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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