MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
blended learning technology enable
humans
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education institutions
are struggling with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desire
to be aware of how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
participants
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to know how
these massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
expanding
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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