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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
developments in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning institutions
have to consider
more than ever because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Lecturers want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To handle this
growing
demand for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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