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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
digital education technology enable
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
generally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
are having to struggle with
now that learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This gripping new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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