MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
reviews
issues
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
digital education technology are providing the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
ventures.
Researchers want
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
In response to this
need for
information
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This intriguing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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