MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
demand for
data
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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