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 this fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
developments in
e-learning are enabling
students
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
These massively open online courses are
customarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
topics that
elearning organizations
are dealing with
now that e-learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can teachers
assure that
the quality of training provided by these
massively open online courses is
respectable?
How can institutions
certify that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach MOOC classes?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
need
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
important new open educational
endeavours.
Intellectuals want
to understand how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To handle this
developing
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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