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.
Learn more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
electronic educational technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Moldova to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
poor
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
prolific there is a
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
Researchers want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This gripping new book
also reviews the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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