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 compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
electronic education technology have empowered
people
in nations all around the world
to take online courses.
These MOOC classes are
typically free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
distance learning organizations
are considering
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can educators
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
acceptable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Ascension to conduct these MOOCs?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
desire
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To respond to this
crescive
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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