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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
describes
topics
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
New
changes in
e-learning have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
e-learning technology organizations
have to struggle with
now that e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can stakeholders
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
tolerable?
How can participants
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
manage
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital education technology becomes more
procurable there is a
increasing
desire
to comprehend how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Instructors
and lots of other
stakeholders
need
to better understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to comprehend how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To meet this
developing
need for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational topics.
This new book
also articulates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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