MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
talks about
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic educational technology make it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
today because distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can we
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
desire
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
undertakings.
Academics want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education topics.
This authoritative new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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