MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
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 is a
book
which
talks about
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOCs).
Brand new
advances in
elearning technology are empowering
learners
in all parts of the world
to take part in courses via the Internet.
These online MOOC courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
topics that
e-learning organizations
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can organizations
make sure that
the quality of teaching provided by these
MOOC classes is
acceptable?
How can students
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes?
What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can institutions
handle
low
learner motivation and high
dropout rates?
As online education becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to better understand how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to gain more knowledge about
these
intriguing new open education
experiments.
Everyone wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To satisfy this
growing
demand for
information
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects.
This scholarly new book
also considers the
controversies associated with
MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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