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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
investigates
topics
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
New
gains in
technology-enhanced learning enable
students
all over the world
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning institutions
are having to consider
now that online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massive open online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to be more aware of
these
new open education
undertakings.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
desire for
information
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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