MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
investigates
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Modern
advancements in
elearning technology are providing the means for
students
in nations all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can we
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
manage problems like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to better understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
most important controversies associated with
MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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