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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
related to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology are enabling
learners
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are several
topics that
e-learning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
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