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 new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
deals with
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
New
gains in
elearning have provided the means for
students
in nations all aver the world
to take online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation.
There are quite a few
topics that
online learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
today because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can organizations
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
tolerable?
How can learners
assure that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle problems like
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
demand
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to gain more knowledge about
these
compelling new open education
undertakings.
Everyone wants
to better understand how
MOOC courses
can be improved.
To handle this
increasing
desire for
information
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This dramatic new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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