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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
talks about
topics
having to do with open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advances in
learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
These MOOC courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
today because e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage
poor
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
necessity
to perceive how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Educators
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desire for
information
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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