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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
researches
issues
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in online classes.
MOOCs are
usually free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can teachers
certify that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
decent?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Professors
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
promising new open educational
endeavours.
Corporations want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To meet this
need for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This interesting new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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