MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
online education technology have provided the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can participants
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
expanding
need for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This scholarly new book
also deals with the
most important 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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