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 book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
advances in
electronic education technology are empowering
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are struggling with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
need
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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