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 thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
topics
related to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Brand new
gains in
online education technology have enabled
people
in nations all around the world
to participate in online classes.
These massive open courses are
normally free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
subjects that
online education institutions
are having to attend to
in 2015 because elearning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
adequate?
How can learners
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As electronic education technology becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
need
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
intriguing new open education
endeavours.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
need for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics.
This dramatic new book
also examines the
key controversies associated with
these massive open courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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