MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. 2015 – Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
examines
topics
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
New
advances in
e-learning technology have empowered
people
in all parts of the world
to be participants in courses via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
commonly free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
issues that
online learning organizations
are having to struggle with
today because online education technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
assure that
teachers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOCs?
What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
poor
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Students
and numerous other
participants
would like
to better comprehend
the outcomes of these
open education
experiments.
Researchers want
to know how
MOOC classes
can be made better.
To handle this
increasing
demand for
facts
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education issues.
This gripping new book
also examines the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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