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 informative new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
book
that
investigates
subjects
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
evolvements in
electronic educational technology are enabling
people
in all parts of the world
to take online courses.
MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
in 2015 because learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
acceptable?
How can stakeholders
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online MOOC courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the problems of
poor
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As online education becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and lots of other
participants
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
fascinating new open educational
endeavours.
Educators want
to perceive how
MOOCs
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects.
This stimulating new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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