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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning have enabled
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to struggle with
more than ever because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
assure that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can participants
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Scientists want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
growing
need for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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