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 this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
online education are providing the means for
people
all over the world
to take part in courses online.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
more than ever because elearning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can learners
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Canada to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to grasp how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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