MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
discusses
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology are providing the means for
students
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because online learning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOC courses is
passable?
How can we
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Everybody wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
need for
details
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This sensational new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
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