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 educative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
investigates
topics
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
developments in
e-learning technology have provided the means for
people
in all parts of the world
to take part in online courses.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These online MOOC courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
elearning institutions
have to deal with
in 2015 because elearning technology is
advancing so quickly.
How can participants
make sure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can learners
guarantee that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cornell University to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the issues of
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
necessity
to gain a better understanding of how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
endeavours.
Public servants want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To handle this
developing
desideratum for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This book
also deals with the
controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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