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.
Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
MOOC courses are
generally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning organizations
are struggling with
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can we
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
get a handle on
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital education technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
desideratum
to comprehend how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
want
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to grasp how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
need for
facts
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This stimulating new book
also deals with the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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