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 the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
addresses
subjects
pertaining to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
electronic educational technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to take online classes.
These massive open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
are having to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massive open online courses is
good?
How can institutions
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As blended learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better perceive
these
promising new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
growing
desire for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This interesting new book
also reviews the
major controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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