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 this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
having to do with open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology enable
humans
all over the world
to be participants in classes online.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Laos to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
participants
want
to understand
these
exciting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
growing
desideratum for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
these MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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