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 this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology have provided the means for
learners
in nations all aver the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
certify that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and numerous other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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