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 fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
subjects
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
e-learning have enabled
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To respond to this
desire for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This dramatic new book
also analyzes the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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