MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
analyzes
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
online education technology have enabled
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes online.
MOOC courses are
normally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
are having to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
iversity to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can educators
handle
poor
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning technology becomes more
available there is a
growing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to better understand
these
open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
need for
data
the sensational new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open education subjects.
This interesting new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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