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 interesting book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses.
New
improvements in
e-learning are empowering
students
in every nation on earth
to participate in courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
usually free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
e-learning institutions
are having to consider
now that elearning technology is
advancing so swiftly.
How can we
assure that
the quality of education provided by these
MOOCs is
decent?
How can institutions
make sure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses?
What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
attrition?
As digital elearning technology becomes more
available there is a
expanding
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to understand
the outcomes of these
new open education
experiments.
People want
to grasp how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
In response to this
desideratum for
details
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects.
This thrilling new book
also researches the
key controversies associated with
these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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