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 scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
changes in
learning technology enable
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
online learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can we
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
handle issues like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
necessity
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Teachers
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
these
promising new open education
undertakings.
Public servants want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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