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 dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
gains in
online education are enabling
people
all around the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
typically free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
compelling new open education
endeavours.
Students want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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