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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Modern
advances in
electronic educational technology are empowering
people
all around the world
to take classes via the Internet.
These online MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education institutions
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Hungary to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
desire
to better understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
need for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education issues.
This scholarly new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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