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
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning have enabled
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology institutions
have to deal with
now that learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
manage
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Trainers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
desire for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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