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 this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
explores
topics
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in every nation on earth
to take part in online classes.
Massively open online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online learning institutions
have to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
get a handle on
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As online learning becomes more
commonplace there is a
growing
need
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Educators
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
People want
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This inspiring new book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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