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 appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have made it possible for
students
in all parts of the world
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
commonly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are having to deal with
now that online education technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can organizations
make sure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
handle problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
necessity
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
developing
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
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