MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online education technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Colombia to conduct these MOOCs?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
manage
low
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
growing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better grasp
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Professors want
to understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This definitive new book
also talks about the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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