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 significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
analyzes
issues
pertaining to open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
developments in
online education are making it possible for
people
in all parts of the world
to take courses via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
e-learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can institutions
certify that
the training provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can institutions
guarantee that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can we
deal with the issues of
poor
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
abundant there is a
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and numerous other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
exciting new open education
experiments.
Corporations want
to understand how
these MOOC courses
can be enhanced.
To meet this
crescive
desideratum for
knowledge
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource topics.
This definitive new book
also addresses the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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