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 exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
talks about
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
online education technology are making it possible for
humans
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
more than ever because online education technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can we
make sure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can we
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
need
to comprehend how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
initiatives.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
need for
data
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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