MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology have made it possible for
learners
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These MOOCs are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online education organizations
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can we
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
endeavours.
Researchers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This inspiring new book
also talks about the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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