MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
online learning technology are empowering
learners
all around the world
to take online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desideratum
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
expanding
desideratum for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
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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