MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
articulates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology are enabling
people
in every nation on earth
to take online courses.
These massive online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
American College of Education to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Teachers want
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
data
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational topics.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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