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 fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
issues
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the education provided by these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
increasing
desire for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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