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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
topics
regarding open
education resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
gains in
distance learning technology are making it possible for
students
all around the world
to participate in online courses.
These online MOOC courses are
customarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
edX to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
need
to comprehend how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
these
open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
expanding
desire for
information
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics.
This sensational new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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