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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
online learning technology have provided the means for
learners
all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
elearning technology institutions
are having to deal with
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
necessity
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
participants
need
to better grasp
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Academics want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
need for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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