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 edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
addresses
topics
relevant to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
advances in
digital education technology have made it possible for
humans
in all parts of the world
to participate in online courses.
MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
are considering
more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to grasp how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
stakeholders
need
to better comprehend
these
important new open educational
experiments.
Professors want
to comprehend how
massive open online courses
can be enhanced.
To satisfy this
increasing
need for
data
the authoritative new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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