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 the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
subjects
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online learning technology have empowered
learners
all over the world
to take courses online.
These online MOOC courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can students
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can teachers
handle
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
demand
to perceive how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Universities
and lots of other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
data
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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