MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
gains in
online education have empowered
learners
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
are struggling with
now that learning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
new open educational
undertakings.
Educators want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
desideratum for
knowledge
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This dramatic new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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