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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
researches
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
learning technology have provided the means for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in classes online.
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
ordinarily free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
learning technology organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and many other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
intriguing new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
desire for
details
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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