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 interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
that
considers
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
elearning technology have provided the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC classes are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
now that learning technology is
advancing so fast.
This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can we
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can institutions
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
dropout rates?
As elearning becomes more
abundant there is a
desire
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Lecturers
and lots of other
stakeholders
would like
to better understand
these
new open educational
ventures.
Lecturers want
to know how
these MOOC classes
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
need for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
most important controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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