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 engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
explores
issues
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
advancements in
elearning have enabled
students
all around the world
to take part in classes online.
These MOOC classes are
almost always free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online education institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
developing so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
Scholars want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This intriguing new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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