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
which
considers
subjects
related to open
educational resources
and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
elearning have empowered
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
These massive online courses are
usually free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
in 2015 because distance learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can organizations
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
inadequate
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
available there is a
growing
desire
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to understand
these
open education
ventures.
Trainers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To handle this
desideratum for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues.
This exciting new book
also discusses the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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