MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
improvements in
online education technology have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
These MOOCs are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning technology organizations
are having to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
make sure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
demand for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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