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 fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
advancements in
online learning have empowered
people
all around the world
to be participants in courses online.
These massively open online courses are
free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because technology-enhanced learning is
improving so swiftly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
respectable?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle
poor
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desire
to grasp how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and many other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
these
exciting new open educational
ventures.
People want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
desideratum for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This exciting new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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