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 the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
New
changes in
e-learning technology enable
people
all around the world
to participate in courses online.
These MOOCs are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are several
topics that
elearning technology organizations
are dealing with
today because elearning technology is
advancing so fast.
How can educators
guarantee that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
decent?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
deal with
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
expanding
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
ventures.
Educators want
to understand how
MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
developing
desire for
facts
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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