MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
deals with
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses.
Recent
advances in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
all around the world
to be participants in online classes.
These massive online courses are
free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
distance learning institutions
have to consider
now that elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality of these
massively open online courses is
all right?
How can learners
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
experiments.
Trainers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
growing
desideratum for
details
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues.
This stimulating new book
also describes the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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