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 illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
respectable?
How can students
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
important new open educational
initiatives.
Educators want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
demand for
knowledge
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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