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.
Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advancements in
e-learning technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to attend to
now that elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can we
guarantee that
the teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
University of Florida to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
ventures.
Corporations want
to grasp how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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