MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advancements in
elearning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
subjects that
elearning organizations
are having to deal with
more than ever because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can organizations
ensure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
good?
How can organizations
ensure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
to grasp how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to know how
MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This thrilling new book
also describes the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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