MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
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
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah Valley University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Universities want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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