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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
examines
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
developments in
elearning technology have enabled
learners
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can learners
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
available there is a
need
to gain more knowledge about how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
participants
want
to better grasp
these
important new open education
endeavours.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
knowledge
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This inspiring new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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