MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
evolvements in
learning technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in courses online.
These online MOOCs are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can educators
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
significant new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
data
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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