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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
gains in
digital education technology enable
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online classes.
MOOC classes are
free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
now that technology-enhanced learning is
improving so fast.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
increasing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
undertakings.
Trainers want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
increasing
desideratum for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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