MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
online education have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so quickly.
How can educators
ensure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can organizations
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This exciting new book
also analyzes the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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