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 the new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
describes
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
improvements in
distance learning technology have made it possible for
learners
all over the world
to be participants in online courses.
Massive open online courses are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
online learning institutions
are having to deal with
now that e-learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
ensure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can organizations
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
commonplace there is a
expanding
necessity
to perceive how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs.
Scholars
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
information
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational topics.
This sensational new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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