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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic education technology are enabling
students
all around the world
to participate in online classes.
MOOC classes are
generally free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
learning technology organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
need
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
these
compelling new open educational
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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