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 the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
digital education technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in classes 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
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
distance learning organizations
have to consider
now that distance learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can organizations
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Universities want
to comprehend how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
details
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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