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.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
gains in
e-learning technology enable
humans
all around the world
to be participants in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can organizations
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
commonplace there is a
need
to be aware of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to better understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
key 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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