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 the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
discusses
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Modern
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online learning technology institutions
are dealing with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
ensure that
the quality of instruction provided by these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach classes online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
low
motivation and high
student attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
increasing
demand
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
these
exciting new open educational
experiments.
Academics want
to understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
crescive
need for
facts
the intriguing new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massively open online courses and other open education subjects.
This book
also deals with the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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