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.
Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
analyzes
topics
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology are providing the means for
humans
in nations all aver the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
learning technology institutions
are dealing with
more than ever because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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