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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advancements in
digital education technology are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take online courses.
These online MOOCs are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online education organizations
are dealing with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
The University of Chicago to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This definitive new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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