MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
improvements in
online education are empowering
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can teachers
handle problems like
poor
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
significant new open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to know how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
knowledge
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also studies the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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