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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
improvements in
elearning have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to take classes online.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Turkey to conduct these MOOC courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As digital educational technology becomes more
available there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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