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 the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic education technology make it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can teachers
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
adequate?
How can students
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to be aware of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational issues.
This interesting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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