MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
articulates
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
advancements in
online education have enabled
people
all over the world
to take classes online.
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class.
These online MOOC courses are
free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
make sure that
the schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can participants
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal?
How can we
manage
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
participants
would like
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Instructors want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
developing
demand for
details
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOC classes and other open education subjects.
This amazing new book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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