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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
The latest
evolvements in
elearning are providing the means for
people
in every nation on earth
to be participants in online courses.
These MOOC courses are
almost always free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
subjects that
online learning organizations
have to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can participants
certify that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massively open online courses is
adequate?
How can stakeholders
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach MOOCs?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can stakeholders
handle problems like
low
motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As online learning becomes more
procurable there is a
necessity
to understand how
these massively open online courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
need
to gain more knowledge about
these
exciting new open education
undertakings.
Academics want
to better understand how
massive open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
developing
demand for
information
the book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education issues.
This authoritative new book
also considers the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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