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 exceptional new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
reviews
issues
related to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
developments in
online learning have made it possible for
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes via the Internet.
Massively open online courses are
usually free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are quite a few
topics that
e-learning organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can educators
assure that
the instruction provided by these
MOOC courses is
satisfactory?
How can institutions
certify that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach massive open online courses?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes?
What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal?
How can organizations
get a handle on
poor
motivation and high
attrition?
As elearning becomes more
widespread there is a
growing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
experiments.
Scientists want
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the thrilling new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects.
This authoritative new book
also reviews the
controversies associated with
these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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