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 the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
examines
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
The latest
gains in
elearning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
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