MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
explores
subjects
related to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
changes in
elearning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOC courses are
mostly free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC classes is
good?
How can stakeholders
be assured that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach MOOCs?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
expanding
need
to grasp how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better perceive
the outcomes of these
open education
endeavours.
Students want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
In response to this
developing
demand for
details
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also discusses the
most important controversies associated with
these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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