MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
addresses
topics
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
Recent
advancements in
elearning technology enable
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
e-learning organizations
are struggling with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
all right?
How can organizations
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle issues like
poor
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
desire
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
participants
would like
to gain a better understanding of
these
new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to know how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To respond to this
crescive
demand for
facts
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This interesting new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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