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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
which
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
technology-enhanced learning are empowering
people
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
MOOC classes are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
have to deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Benin to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Professors want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
crescive
desire for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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