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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
studies
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
online learning are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to be participants in online courses.
MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can learners
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Chad to conduct these MOOC classes?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Teachers
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
need for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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