MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning technology have provided the means for
humans
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment.
How can educators
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC classes?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
need
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Trainers want
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
growing
desideratum for
knowledge
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also articulates the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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