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.
Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
book
which
reviews
subjects
relevant to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
changes in
elearning are enabling
people
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive open courses are
mostly free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so quickly.
How can participants
be assured that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can we
manage problems like
inadequate
learner motivation and high
attrition?
As e-learning becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
stakeholders
need
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
significant new open educational
experiments.
Researchers want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
growing
desire for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also studies the
major controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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