MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
considers
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in courses online.
Massive open online courses are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
certify that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and lots of other
participants
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
In response to this
desire for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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