MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can institutions
make sure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
participants
would like
to better understand
these
new open education
initiatives.
Everybody wants
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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