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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
describes
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advances in
blended learning technology are making it possible for
people
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
manage problems like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to perceive how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
desideratum for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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