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 definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
improvements in
elearning technology have made it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online education organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
certify that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can participants
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to better understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better grasp
these
open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to know how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
desire for
information
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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