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 this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
articulates
issues
relating to open
education resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
changes in
online education are empowering
people
in nations all around the world
to take part in online courses.
These massive open online courses are
ordinarily free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
online education organizations
must deal with
now that online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of these
massive open online courses is
acceptable?
How can students
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach online classes?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
edX to conduct these MOOC classes?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can organizations
handle
poor
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As elearning technology becomes more
abundant there is a
developing
demand
to better understand how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Students
and many other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
promising new open educational
initiatives.
Corporations want
to better understand how
these massively open online courses
can be improved.
To meet this
crescive
need for
details
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics.
This new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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