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 impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
improvements in
e-learning are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in online classes.
These MOOC classes are
mostly free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
elearning organizations
are considering
now that elearning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can educators
be assured that
the quality control for these
massively open online courses is
passable?
How can students
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different strategies are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As learning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to understand
these
promising new open education
experiments.
Professors want
to perceive how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
crescive
need for
data
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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