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 this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
considers
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
electronic education technology have provided the means for
learners
all over the world
to take classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
issues that
online learning organizations
are considering
today because online education technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can learners
ensure that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Rutgers University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the problems of
low
motivation and high
attrition?
As digital e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
demand
to gain more knowledge about how
MOOC classes are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to perceive how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To meet this
need for
data
the definitive new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics.
This gripping new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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