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 authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
advances in
e-learning have enabled
students
all around the world
to take courses online.
These massive open courses are
commonly 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
issues that
elearning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
decent?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Scholars
and numerous other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
ventures.
Scholars want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
growing
demand for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This scholarly new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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