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 this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
considers
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
in nations all around the world
to take classes online.
MOOCs are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
certify that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Students want
to grasp how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This amazing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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