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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
online learning technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
Massive open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
distance learning organizations
have to deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
adequate?
How can we
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and numerous other
participants
desire
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
data
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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