MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
researches
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
changes in
online learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
today because online education technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of these
MOOC classes is
tolerable?
How can institutions
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach courses online?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can teachers
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning becomes more
procurable there is a
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Academics want
to understand how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
need for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational issues.
This definitive new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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