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 the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
online education technology have empowered
people
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
must deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
deal with
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Everyone wants
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
growing
desire for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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