MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning are making it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
tolerable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle problems like
low
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
growing
need for
facts
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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