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 the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
describes
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advances in
distance learning technology have enabled
humans
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive open online courses are
mostly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can we
guarantee that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC classes is
decent?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
poor
learner motivation and high
learner attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scholars
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be improved.
To meet this
increasing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational subjects.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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