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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all around the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning technology organizations
have to struggle with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To respond to this
need for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This dramatic new book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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