MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
subjects
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
gains in
e-learning technology are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in online courses.
These massive open courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are having to consider
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of training provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
desideratum
to understand how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Professors
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to know how
these MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
increasing
desideratum for
information
the inspiring new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education topics.
This scholarly new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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