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 Around the World is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
evolvements in
distance learning have made it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC classes are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to attend to
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can participants
guarantee that
the quality of these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can participants
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to comprehend how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
interesting new open education
undertakings.
Universities want
to better understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This authoritative new book
also talks about the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
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