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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
evolvements in
online education have empowered
humans
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are many
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
today because online education technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can stakeholders
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Vanderbilt University to conduct these massive open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
deal with the problems of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desire
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
exciting new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain an understanding of how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
need for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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