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
which
deals with
subjects
related to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
gains in
online learning have provided the means for
humans
all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These MOOCs are
normally free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
online education organizations
must deal with
today because elearning technology is
developing so quickly.
How can organizations
assure that
the training provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can we
ensure that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online MOOC courses?
What different business models are being used by
institutions like
France to conduct these MOOCs?
What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with
inadequate
motivation and high
student attrition?
As distance learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
developing
desideratum
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Academics
and numerous other
stakeholders
want
to be more aware of
the outcomes of these
new open educational
initiatives.
People want
to understand how
massive open online courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
increasing
desideratum for
knowledge
the book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open educational topics.
This scholarly new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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