MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
talks about
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
e-learning enable
learners
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These MOOC courses are
typically free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
subjects that
e-learning institutions
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udacity to conduct these MOOCs?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As technology-enhanced learning becomes more
widespread there is a
expanding
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
desire for
information
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also studies the
major 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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