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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advances in
technology-enhanced learning enable
people
all over the world
to participate in classes online.
Massively open online courses are
typically free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Teachers
and lots of other
participants
need
to better perceive
these
compelling new open education
experiments.
Public servants want
to perceive how
MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
demand for
data
the amazing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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