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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic education technology have made it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
desideratum
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
participants
want
to better comprehend
these
intriguing new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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