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 the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
improvements in
electronic educational technology are empowering
humans
all over the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
initiatives.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also researches the
most important controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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