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 this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
blended learning technology are providing the means for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the education provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and many other
participants
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
undertakings.
Scientists want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects.
This gripping new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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